Oh man, it took me a minute to figure out what you meant by "defection" because my brain just - does not accept that as a possibility. Skyfire going back to the Decepticons? No way. Starscream coming to the Autobots? PFFFFFFT. I think I hurt something laughing. I'll read stories that do that, and in fact there's one I'm following where Optimus gets turned into a baby and Starscream is all MY BABBY FORMED DIED LONG AGO and so he came to the Autobots and blah blah whatever, it's fun to read, but if I want SRS FIC then that is definitely not plausible.
Hmm, see, I can see that Skyfire would understand that to *Starscream* it was betrayal, even though from his own point of view he was staying true to himself. I can see him apologizing for hurting Starscream, because it DID hurt Starscream. But he wouldn't have spent the whole time angsting about how he betrayed Starscream and he regrets it, because... he didn't. Not from where he stands, anyhow.
I *have* seen some stories that do them well, that bittersweet kind of affection and sense of loss. They're popular enough that decent stories do actually exist for them. XD They're just... rarer than I'd like.
oh exactly. And Skyfire would be changed, the war has hurt him too now - not as much as it's hurt Starscream, but Skyfire aches. Everything he's known is dead except for Starscream and he thought he'd lost Starscream too. But he had to try, had to get Starscream away. It's selfish, he knows that and readily admits it, but it doesn't matter because when Starscream is with him, he's SAFE. No Megatron shooting at him, no Autobots shooting at him, no Decepticons backstabbing, no power plays taking up all his brainpower, no schemes keeping him constantly wired up on his toes. Safe.
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FORMEDDIED LONG AGO and so he came to the Autobots and blah blah whatever, it's fun to read, but if I want SRS FIC then that is definitely not plausible.Hmm, see, I can see that Skyfire would understand that to *Starscream* it was betrayal, even though from his own point of view he was staying true to himself. I can see him apologizing for hurting Starscream, because it DID hurt Starscream. But he wouldn't have spent the whole time angsting about how he betrayed Starscream and he regrets it, because... he didn't. Not from where he stands, anyhow.
I *have* seen some stories that do them well, that bittersweet kind of affection and sense of loss. They're popular enough that decent stories do actually exist for them. XD They're just... rarer than I'd like.
oh exactly. And Skyfire would be changed, the war has hurt him too now - not as much as it's hurt Starscream, but Skyfire aches. Everything he's known is dead except for Starscream and he thought he'd lost Starscream too. But he had to try, had to get Starscream away. It's selfish, he knows that and readily admits it, but it doesn't matter because when Starscream is with him, he's SAFE. No Megatron shooting at him, no Autobots shooting at him, no Decepticons backstabbing, no power plays taking up all his brainpower, no schemes keeping him constantly wired up on his toes. Safe.
...This needs to be written.